Exodus of leaders won’t affect PTI vote bank, says Asad Umar

Former PTI caput wide Asad Umar speaks to the media successful Karachi connected September 3, 2022. — INP

• Asad Umar says enactment ballot slope remains intact owed to Imran Khan.
• "It does not marque immoderate quality whether idiosyncratic stays oregon leaves."
• IHC asks Umar to attack applicable tribunal by Thursday successful panic case.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) person Asad Umar, who precocious stepped down from each enactment positions including the caput general, has said that the ballot slope volition not beryllium affected by desertions of enactment leaders triggered by the May 9 vandalism.

“The [party] ballot slope is lone owed to Imran Khan. It does not marque immoderate quality whether idiosyncratic stays oregon leaves,” helium said portion speaking to reporters extracurricular the Islamabad High Court (IHC) connected Monday.

Responding to a question related to the enactment leaders making akin statements portion quitting the erstwhile ruling party, the PTI person said his quality league was antithetic arsenic helium lone resigned from the enactment positions, dissimilar his colleagues who parted ways with Khan.

The PTI chairman’s apprehension connected May 9 ignited astir countrywide convulsive protests and unruly protesters besides attacked subject and nationalist installations which prompted the civilian and subject enactment to instrumentality stern enactment against the rioters including proceedings nether the Army Act.

Since then, dozens of enactment leaders including Shireen Mazari, Ali Zaidi, and Fawad Chaudhry among others person parted ways with Khan citing attacks connected the subject installations arsenic the reason.

Umar besides denied the reports that helium was going to portion ways with the PTI, saying: “I americium successful the party, nary substance however galore times you inquire [same question].”

Meanwhile, the IHC approved Umar’s protective bail successful a coercion lawsuit registered for alleged engagement successful the May 9 vandalism against a surety enslaved of Rs25,000.

The IHC part seat comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri directed the elder PTI person to attack the applicable tribunal by Thursday (June 1) arsenic the lawsuit against Umar lodged successful the Gulberg constabulary presumption successful Lahore.

He was released from the Adiala Jail connected May 24 aft the IHC bid declared his apprehension nether Section 3 of Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) null and void.

He was taken into custody from the IHC premises nether the MPO connected May 10, a time aft unit erupted amid countrywide protests against the PTI chairman's apprehension successful the Al-Qadir Trust case.